Category Archives: excursion

a natural digression…

Posted on October 17, 2010 by erica

I’ve been busy lately.  This week began by setting up an exhibition Natural Digression at Level 17 Artspace, in Melbourne. In the last few years I’ve become part of a group of seven like-minded artists which includes Penelope Cain, Waratah … Continue reading →

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n-people…

Posted on October 4, 2010 by erica

AN UNSPEAKABLE HORROR seized me. There was a darkness; then a dizzy, sickening sensation of sight that was not like seeing; I saw a Line that was no Line; Space that was not Space: I was myself, and not myself. … Continue reading →

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3D or not 3D…

Posted on September 4, 2010 by erica

Recently on ABC TV they ran a 3 part series, Baroque!, with art critic Waldemar Januszczak. In the first episode he discusses Andrea Pozzo’s (1642-1709) anamorphic fresco on the flat ceiling of the Roman Jesuit Church of St. Ignazio. It … Continue reading →

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tank girl…

Posted on August 29, 2010 by erica

The Department of Applied Maths is situated in a group of buildings spanning Cockcroft and Oliphant at the back of the ANU, looking out toward the mountain range beyond Lake Burley Griffin. Beside Cockcroft stands the forty meter Heavy Ion … Continue reading →

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outn’about…

Posted on August 21, 2010 by erica

As part of Science Week, Alison Munro and I went on a tour of the CSIRO’s Entomology Division’s Australian National Insect Collection. Al and I share a passion for such collections. Al is currently a PhD candidate in the Textiles … Continue reading →

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